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[tree MDS]

Interesting very interesting so 300 is there a daily charge too or just 3 bills per load I would hate to schedule and have rain or chipper trouble and be charged 3 per day!

Not sure yet.. but I think its by the load. I know my friend had it for at least two days @ $300. There must be a time limit though. I'll look into it if I get the job. I have never done this before, thats why I ask.

Last year I discovered that I can have 5 yards (the minimum) of topsoil delivered to the job, for less than the headaches/fuel and wear and tear on the old dump. I didnt end up getting that job - and rarely need that much topsoil - but these things are good to know. Always a learning expierience the tree biz.

 

[ropensaddle]

Not sure yet.. but I think its by the load. I know my friend had it for at least two days @ $300. There must be a time limit though. I'll look into it if I get the job. I have never done this before, thats why I ask.

Last year I discovered that I can have 5 yards (the minimum) of topsoil delivered to the job, for less than the headaches/fuel and wear and tear on the old dump. I didnt end up getting that job - and rarely need that much topsoil - but these things are good to know. Always a learning expierience the tree biz.

Yup

 

[TreeTarget]

Can't say I don't need the break on occasion, but prefer it more spread out over time...Turkey season is killing me. Moreso out of boredom than anything else...

 

[tree MDS]

Can't say I don't need the break on occasion, but prefer it more spread out over time...Turkey season is killing me. Moreso out of boredom than anything else...

Oh, here we go, back to the elusive wild turkey.. shh.. be very quiet!

 

[pdqdl]

We bought, loaded, and delivered 4 concrete barricade blocks. $550.00 total revenue, it took me only two hours, two trucks, and $100 for the blocks. That's $225 per hour for my F-550, F-350, and A300 bobcat with trailer. 4000 lbs each!

I'm feeling pretty good about that, since most of my specialty jobs get botched up somehow and end up loosing money.

Not the same site, but they look like this:

 

[Jumper]

WE bought, loaded, and delivered 4 concrete barricade blocks. $550.00 total revenue, it took me only two hours, two trucks, and $100 for the blocks. That's $225 per hour for my F-550, F-350, and A300 bobcat with trailer. 4000 lbs each!

I'm feeling pretty good about that, since most of my specialty jobs get botched up somehow and end up loosing money.

Not the same site, but they look like this:

Gotta like when a plan comes together on time and within budget.

 

[Toddppm]

Not sure yet.. but I think its by the load. I know my friend had it for at least two days @ $300. There must be a time limit though. I'll look into it if I get the job. I have never done this before, thats why I ask.

Last year I discovered that I can have 5 yards (the minimum) of topsoil delivered to the job, for less than the headaches/fuel and wear and tear on the old dump. I didnt end up getting that job - and rarely need that much topsoil - but these things are good to know. Always a learning expierience the tree biz.

Should be by the load and that's sounds like a very good price. 20 yarder around here I think is going for over $400 and more if all wood. We've used them a few times. Bunch of Poplars one time and filled the gaps completely with chips, had the bobcat there. The biggest Cottonwood I've ever seen around here I took down for somebody I knew and rolled the 4-5 ft. rounds right into the rolloff. Nice!

 

[treevet]

Since none of you young whipper snappers have planted yourself face first in a ceement bird bath yet I decided to try out one of these new fangled hitches.

It feels great but my worry is what if I decide to bail out a hundred feet up and race my hard hat to the ground. Ain't that bee line gonna turn into liquid honey or something like that?

Just got my Hitch Climber today and plan to try out the VT after trying this thang for a while.

 

[pdqdl]

No. That beeline will NEVER... repeat....NEVER melt.

You can hold a blowtorch (propane or acetylene) to it until it turns into ashes and it will not melt. I know, I tried it!

It does slowly smoke, glow red, and eventually it turns to ash, but it simply does not liquify or get soft when heated.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

No. That beeline will NEVER... repeat....NEVER melt.

But it does break down with the heat and wear of use. I do not think it is worth the extra cost, and do not like how it works after a few weeks of regular climbing.

 

[TreeTarget]

We worked today...sort of.
Questioned the boss today on the meaning of it all, and he gave some jingle about slurry and refinement. Began likening it to the petroleum industry, but the metaphore didn't fit. More like steel--but since pop labored in the forges of Bethleham, PA, and I'd heard that comparison before, that didn't do it either.
No poison ivy though...so not a bad day...
For me that is...chains have a different story to tell. And it wasn't my fault! Slave driver couldn't charge me for my pick and shovel today, I tell you what...lol

 

[treevet]

No. That beeline will NEVER... repeat....NEVER melt.

You can hold a blowtorch (propane or acetylene) to it until it turns into ashes and it will not melt. I know, I tried it!

It does slowly smoke, glow red, and eventually it turns to ash, but it simply does not liquify or get soft when heated.

Been using it for quite a while on my microscender/lanyard and I love the feel of it.

Like JPS said, it will get expensive if it needs replacement often, esp.if spliced.

 

[pdqdl]

I think ol' JPS is a hard climbin' man. I don't think I have come across anyone else that claims to wear out their beeline.

If you came down a rope fast enough to degrade your Beeline, how would you keep from burning up your hands while you are at it?

 

[treevet]

I think ol' JPS is a hard climbin' man. I don't think I have come across anyone else that claims to wear out their beeline.

If you came down a rope fast enough to degrade your Beeline, how would you keep from burning up your hands while you are at it?

never had a prob with my taughtline. I guess you wear gloves although I hate them in the summer (winter too)

 

[treemandan]

Any of you guys ever rent dumpsters to dispose of waste wood? Seems like it would be efficient method for an out of town job with a lot of pine/waste wood that I just bid on... if you only have a one ton like me that is.

My buddy says he rented one last year for like $300, I think he said it was like 20 yards. Seems like the way to go, just load it up with the tractor and call them up when done.

I have done it a few time while working in the city removing sumac trees.

 

[treemandan]

Not sure yet.. but I think its by the load. I know my friend had it for at least two days @ $300. There must be a time limit though. I'll look into it if I get the job. I have never done this before, thats why I ask.

Last year I discovered that I can have 5 yards (the minimum) of topsoil delivered to the job, for less than the headaches/fuel and wear and tear on the old dump. I didnt end up getting that job - and rarely need that much topsoil - but these things are good to know. Always a learning expierience the tree biz.

Well they drop them for builders and don't think they put a time limit on them.

 

[oldirty]

I think ol' JPS is a hard climbin' man. I don't think I have come across anyone else that claims to wear out their beeline.

If you came down a rope fast enough to degrade your Beeline, how would you keep from burning up your hands while you are at it?

i think i need to take a picture of my hands and the pile of beeline they've left behind. i go through a prussic everyday sometimes 2, no gloves. just got another delivery of 10mm beeline. 200 ft of it. 1.17/ft. not a bad price.

i torture the stuff. scared myself one day after loosening the knot to see i burned halfway through the inner core. lol. after good use they do tend to choke the rope a little too much but whatever. it's the fattest prussic cord that can hold up too what i do that i have found so far.

 

[ropensaddle]

But it does break down with the heat and wear of use. I do not think it is worth the extra cost, and do not like how it works after a few weeks of regular climbing.

I like my new splitail system with micro to advance but have found the pine sap makes it tough after a short while I suppose it is time for a friction saver! I may need to clean my rope never had to the old school way lol. I may just hang it up my tallest hickory supposed to rain all weekend!

 

[BC WetCoast]

Any of you guys ever rent dumpsters to dispose of waste wood? Seems like it would be efficient method for an out of town job with a lot of pine/waste wood that I just bid on... if you only have a one ton like me that is.

My buddy says he rented one last year for like $300, I think he said it was like 20 yards. Seems like the way to go, just load it up with the tractor and call them up when done.

We've rented them for jobs that have big piles of wood to remove. Not sure of the price, but we pay by the load and there isn't a time limit on how long we can keep them. Depending on where it gets placed, we open the back door and drive the Bobcat in with a load of wood in the bucket an dump it. On some, we can just get the Bobcat high enough to load over the side. The only problem is you can't have pieces higher than the sides, which sometimes requires some bucking in the bin.

I also did a job where we have a bin dropped, then I was left with just the chipper and the bin. Chipped the tree into the front of the bin and then loaded the wood into the back.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Since none of you young whipper snappers have planted yourself face first in a ceement bird bath yet I decided to try out one of these new fangled hitches.

It feels great but my worry is what if I decide to bail out a hundred feet up and race my hard hat to the ground. Ain't that bee line gonna turn into liquid honey or something like that?

Just got my Hitch Climber today and plan to try out the VT after trying this thang for a while.

The VT has quite the learning curve. I tried it 3 or 4 times before I finally went back and settled on it as my hitch. I use the beeline 8mm (after trying most others) like you have pictured and find it to be a lot more resilient than I thought it would be. I tie double fisherman's to terminate the ends of the beeline, keeps it cheeper, though JPS will tell you he had one come undone.